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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2019
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Lane Bender, II, Cottage Grove, WI (US);
Joseph James Lacey, Cambridge, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0087 (2013.01); A61M 16/0051 (2013.01); A61M 16/18 (2013.01); A61M 2202/048 (2013.01); A61M 2205/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for anesthetic agent leakage diagnostics. In one embodiment, a method for diagnosing leaks in an anesthetic vaporizer includes calculating a leakage rate based on measurements of an anesthetic agent level in a sump of the anesthetic vaporizer, the measurements received from a fluid level sensor at a first time and a second time, and outputting a maintenance alert responsive to the leakage rate exceeding a threshold.